Tullynagardy, County Down

Origin

Ir. Tulaigh na gCeardaithe ‘hillock of the artisans/artificers’

Background

The earliest recorded spelling of Tullynagardy is Carrowtullehagard which indicates that the name of the townland was formerly prefixed by the element ceathrú ‘quarter’. A number of the early spellings lack the final –y of the modern place-name, suggesting that an earlier form of the name was Tulaigh na gCeard, ‘hill of the artisans, artificers’, where ceard is another form of ceardaí.